Field-kitchen



VEDE CARLO.

FIELD KITCHEN.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 5, 191a. RENEWED FEB. 24. 1920.

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FIELD KITCHEN.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 5, 1918- RENEWED 8.24.1920.

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UNITED STATES PATEN UFFICE.

VINOENZO DE CARLO, OF WIRETON, PENNSYLVANIA.

FIELD-KITCHEN.

Application filed June 5, 1918, Serial No. 238,385.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, VINCENZO DE CARLO, a subject of the King of Italy, residing at W'ireton, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in F ield-Kitchens, of which the following is a specifica- 'tlon.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a wheel-supported kitchen having a plurality of resiliently supported heatretaining cookers including each an incased food receptacle and a heating device, and having also fuel supply tanks arranged in such position with respect to the cookers that the fuel may be supplied and distributed to the heating devices independently and as the cooking operations require.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a novel wheeled kitchen, which is comparatively light in weight so that it can be moved about readily by the attendants, and which is adapted as well to be towed by automobiles or other vehicles.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention resides in the details of construction and in the arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter described. defined in the claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which:--

Figure 1 is a view in perspective of my improved field-kitchen.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same with the addition of a work-table and other conveniences for the attendants.

Fig. 3 is a view in elevation of one of the cookers.

Fig. 4 'is a vertical cross sectional view through the same.

Fig. 5 is a top plan view of the cover plate for the cooker.

Fi 6 is a detail perspective view, showing t e hanger device employed for resiliently supporting the cooker.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 6, 1920. Renewed February 24, 1920. Serial No. 360,763.

lVith more particular reference to the accompanying drawings, the numeral 10 is employed to denote the bed or frame for the kitchen which is supported by means of any suitable spring suspension system upon wheels 11, preferably of relatively small diameter in order that the cooks may perform their tasks while standing upon the ground, if they desire to do so. The bed is made preferably of pressed metal, although it may be of wood'or other material; and in the present embodiment of the invention the same includes the front uprights 12 with a door space therebetween through which the cooks may pass to the interior of the bed, the rear upright or end plate 13, the rear oppositely disposed uprights 14 and the central oppositely disposed uprights 15.

. Upon each of the central uprights 15 is supported a fuel tank 16. Encompassing each tank, midway its length, is a bridge bar 17, which on either side of the tank-is bowed upwardly, the front portion thereof being bent downwardly in vertical position where it is rigidly secured in any suitable manner to the front upright 12, while the rear end thereof extends horizontally so as to be secured rigidly upon the top edge of the rear upright 14.

At the highest point or apex of each upwardly bowed portion of the bridge-bars is secured a vertical pin 18, which slidably projects through the horizontal plate 19 of the inverted U -shaped hanger 20. A spiral spring 21 is mounted around each pin between the bridge bar and the horizontal plate. Resiliently mounted in this manner,

each hanger is adapted to have relative movement with respect to the bridge bar so that shocks and vibrations may be taken up and absorbed. Another pin 22, which pierces the vertical sides of the hanger below the bridge bar, serves as a stop to limit the upward urging of the spring. One of the sides of the hanger projects downwardly and inwardly to provide an arm 23 in approximate alinement with the pin 18 so as to resiliently support a load upon the spring in an obvious manner, the lower end of this arm 23 terminating in a hook 24 for receiving the bail 25 of the cylindrical casing or holder 26. A spring clip 27 attached to the arm 23 prevents the bail from becoming accidentally disengaged with the hook.v

Each casing 26 depends with its flat bottom 28 spaced above the bottom of the bed 10 and with its side wall spaced from the adjacent uprights as best shown in Fig. 1. Upon the bottom 28 rests a stove 29, preferably one adapted to usefuel such as kerosene, crude oil or the like. Vith the oil reservoir of the stove is connected a feed pipe 30 which extends upwardly and communicates with a fuel tank 16, so that the fuel in the latter may flow by gravity into the reservoir in an obvious manner, a stop-cock 31 being combined with the pipe 30 in order to control the flow of the fuel.

Arranged in the casing 26, is a food container the upper end of which is provided with an outwardly extending flange 33 to fit upon the top edge of the casing 26, whereby the container is supported in position above the flame of the stove for cooking the food. The casing 26 is lined with asbestos 34 in order to conserve the heat; is provided with a hinged door 35 to permit ready access to the stove, and, near its top and bottom ends, with a series of air apertures 36. A handled cover plate 37 is provided to inclose the top of the container 32.

In order further to secure the cooker resiliently in position, the casing on each side is provided with a lug 38, with which is engaged a spiral spring 39 the remote end of which is made fast with an adjacent upright.

Each cooker is thus constructed and resiliently supported so that the food, more particularly food of a liquid character, may

be carried and cooked during travel without danger of being spilled or cast from the cooker.

By supporting the cookers along the sides of the bed frame in the manner shown, room is allowed in the interior of the bed for installing a longitudinal work-table as a0, as shown in Fig. 2. Through the employment of the rear uprights l i, provision is made for the installation of convenient cupboards or refrigerators as ii for carrying food products and cooking utensils.

A step-plate 42 projects from the forward end of the bed to facilitate entry thereinto; and a tongue 4-3, connected with the front running gear in the usual way, provides means by which the kitchen may be either towed by an automobile or drawn by the attendants themselves.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. A field kitchen including a wheeled bed having spaced uprights, fuel tanks mounted upon the uprights, bridge bars encompassing the fuel tanks and bowed upwardly adjacent the sides thereof, the same being supported at their ends upon the bed, shock absorbing hangers mounted upon the upwardly bowed portions of said bridgebars, cooker devices depending from the a cooker device depending hangers, and connections between the fuel tanks and the cooker devices whereby to supply the latter with fuel.

2. A field kitchen including a wheeled bed having spaced openings along its sides, fuel tanks supported upon the sides between the spaced openings, bridge-bars encompassing the fuel tanks and bowed upwardly adjacent the sides thereof above the openings, means for supporting the opposite ends of the bridge bars upon said bed, shock absorbing hangers carried by the bridge bars each located at the apex of the upwardly bowed portions, cooker devices depending from the hangers, connections between the fuel tanks and the cooker devices whereby to supply the latter with fuel, and means for controlling the flow of fuel through said connections.

3. A field kitchen including a wheel. supported bed having spaced side uprights, a fuel tank mounted upon each upright, a bridge bar encompassing each fuel tank and bowed upwardly adjacent the sides thereof, the same being supported at its opposite ends upon the bed, shock absorbing hangers carried by the bridge bars one at the apex of each upwardly bowed portion thereof, from each hanger and comprising a ventilated heat retaining casing, a stove disposed therein, a food receptacle disposed therein above the stove, and connections extending downwardly from the fuel tanks to the stoves of adjacent cookers whereby to supply the stoves with fuel.

4-. A field kitchen including a wheel supported bed having spaced uprights, fuel tanks mounted upon the uprights, bridge bars encompassing the fuel tanks and bowed upwardly adjacent the sides thereof, the opposite ends of the same being supported upon the bed, shock absorbing hangers carried by the bridge bars one each at the apex of the upwardly bowed portions thereof, cooker devices depending from the hangers, .resilient means engaged between the uprights and said cooker devices for bracing the latter, and connections between the fuel tanks and the cooker devices whereby to supply the latter with fuel.

5. In a field kitchen, the combination of spaced uprights,'fuel tanks supported upon the uprights, bridge bars encompassing the fuel tanks and bowed upwardly adjacent the sides thereof, means for supporting the bridge bars at their ends, shock absorbing hangers carried by the bridge bars one at the apex of each upwardly bowed portion thereof, cooker devices depending from the hangers, and valve controlled feed pipes extending between the fuel tanks and the adjacent cooker devices whereby to supply the latter with fuel. I

6. In a field kitchen, the combination with spaced uprights one of which is centrally disposed, a fuel tank mounted upon the centrally disposed upright, a bridge bar encompassing the fuel tank and bowed upwardly on each side thereof and having its opposite ends supported upon the other uprights, a shock absorbing hanger depending from the apex of each upwardly bowed portion of the bridge bar, a cooker device depending from each hanger, a valve controlled feed pipe extending from the fuel tank to each cooker device, and means for resiliently bracing each cooker device between the adjacent uprights.

7. In a field kitchen, the combination of a supported bridge bar bowed upwardly at intervals, a fuel supply tank embraced by the bridge bar between the upwardly bowed portions, a shock absorbing hanger carried at the apex of each upwardly bowed portion, a cooker device depending from each hanger, and a connection including a controlling valve arranged between the fuel tank and the cooker device on each side ghepeof whereby to supply the latter with 8. In a field kitchen, the combination of a bridge-bar upwardly bowed at intervals and means for supporting the ends thereof, a fuel tank embraced by the bridge bar between the upwardly bowed portions, ashock absorbing hanger carried at the apex of each upwardly bowed portion of the bridge bar, a cooker device depending from each hanger, an oil stove carried by each cooker device in a plane below the fuel tank, and a connection including a controlling valve arranged between the fuel tank and each oil stove and by which the latter may be supplied with fuel by gravity.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

VINOENZO DE CARLO. 

